 His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should...  Emerson as a Poet - Page 87by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 484 pages
...speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech "but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 446 pages
...what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not congh or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 pages
...speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 558 pages
...speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
 | Alexander Magnus Drummond - 1925 - 322 pages
...the bema listening to him who fulmined over Greece. I can never help applying to him what Ben Jonson said of Bacon : 'There happened in my time one noble...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke.' " ' III Now, what has Emerson to contribute to the study and practice of public speaking? Aside from... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 pages
...less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of the owne graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his Judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 pages
...speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - 1926 - 666 pages
...neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. . . . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. . . . The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end."1 He assigns to himself... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1927 - 242 pages
...weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech 38 but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion." 4 Now this passage is almost word for word a... | |
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